Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

2019-04-24 Thread Natalia Harateh 
Amazing work, congratulations all! 

> On Apr 24, 2019, at 13:34, Volker Eckl  wrote:
> 
> A very exciting step, ahem leap, into the right direction… Congratulations 
> everybody involved!
> 
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:16 AM Robin Schoenbaechler 
>  wrote:
>> Exquisite email @Dmitry and thanks to everyone who contributed to this 
>> milestone! This is only the beginning of micro contributions, I’m excited 
>> for more and am honored to work in such a talented and inspiring team! 
>> 
>>> On 23 Apr 2019, at 22:15, Max Binder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Great work, all! :)
>>> 
 On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Sharvani Haran  
 wrote:
 Yay 🙌✨🌈⚡️👏
 Best,
 Sharvani Haran
 sha...@wikimedia.org
 
 
 
> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng  wrote:
> 
> Awesome! 🎉🎆💕
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo  
>> wrote:
>> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android 
>>> app, now available on the Google Play store.
>>> We may have missed a release email to this list for our previous minor 
>>> release, so here is a cumulative list of highlights since our last 
>>> update:
>>> 
>>> * Suggested edits: The app now has a screen (accessible from the left 
>>> navigation menu) that offers suggestions for items to edit. For this 
>>> initial release, this is limited to adding and translating Wikidata 
>>> descriptions.  In future updates, this will be expanded to suggest 
>>> other types of edits.
>>> 
>>> Note that this feature must be "unlocked" to be accessible: you'll need 
>>> to add or edit at least five (5) Wikidata descriptions in the usual way 
>>> (using the edit icon while reading an article), then wait a while to 
>>> make sure your edits are not reverted. The app will then notify you 
>>> when the feature is unlocked.
>>> 
>>> * Improved editing interface: The article editing screen has a number 
>>> of new conveniences, including the ability to change the font size of 
>>> the wikitext window, the ability to find text within the wikitext 
>>> window, and a series of "syntax" buttons at the bottom, to simplify 
>>> adding or modifying the wikitext syntax at the cursor, as well as 
>>> "undo" and "redo" buttons.
>>> 
>>> * Sepia theme: As usual, you can change the app's theme in Settings, or 
>>> from the bottom toolbar while reading an article.
>>> 
>>> * "Continue reading" bar: When browsing the Feed, or looking at your 
>>> reading lists, you will now see a "continue reading" bar at the bottom 
>>> that displays your current topmost tab, along with the total number of 
>>> open tabs you currently have.
>>> 
>>> * Enhanced table of contents control: The table of contents now 
>>> features a circular "thumb" scroller that you can hold down and drag to 
>>> scroll quickly through different sections of the article, while 
>>> highlighting the section that is currently in focus.
>>> 
>>> * Improved search in reading lists: Searching within the Reading Lists 
>>> screen will now match results from individual articles in any of your 
>>> reading lists, as well as the names of reading lists themselves.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Check it out, and happy reading (and editing)!
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dmitry Brant
>>> Senior Software Engineer (Android)
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>>> 
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

2017-03-03 Thread Natalia Harateh 
Congratulations team!



On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Corey Floyd  wrote:

> Haven’t had time to respond earlier, but wanted to congratulate the team
> on a really awesome release!
>
> I really love the Wikidata Description editing and can’t wait for it to
> ship on English after we are done evaluating it.
>
> …And to build on Pine’s comment: It is obvious how much work has been put
> into the app over the past year. It’s great to hear how old users now come
> back to the app and find a reason to keep using it.
>
> Thanks to the Android team for all their effort!
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:52 AM Stephen Niedzielski <
> sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> My apologies for this poor experience! The app language and search
>> language are tied together currently but the issue is being tracked here:
>>
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159000
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <
>> d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
>>
>> That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different
>> language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to
>> follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form
>> of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A
>> way to override or avoid possibly ?
>>
>> DJ
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
>> app ,
>> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
>> from this update (or browse the complete change history
>> 
>> ):
>>
>> - Contribute to Wikipedia by editing title descriptions for articles that
>> you browse! (Powered by Wikidata, and currently limited to Russian, Hebrew,
>> and Catalan Wikipedia. More languages will follow, once we analyze
>> engagement data with this initial group of communities. If you're
>> interested, here is the original project outline
>> , and
>> the rollout announcement
>> 
>> )
>>
>> - Support for two-factor authentication when logging in.
>> - Improved multi-window support for Samsung devices and for Android
>> Nougat.
>> - Improved network performance and offline support for cached page
>> previews.
>> - Minor UI refinements to image gallery, link previews, and reading lists.
>> - Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
>> - Numerous bug and crash fixes.
>>
>> Special thanks to the volunteer contributors who submitted patches for
>> this release:
>>
>> The Discoverer - [[mw:User:The Discoverer]]
>> Dinu Kumarasiri - IRC: sandaru, https://github.com/sandarumk
>> Odysseas Kristalakos - https://github.com/OdysseasKr
>> Kunal Grover - https://github.com/kunalgrover05
>>
>> If you'd like to help improve the app yourself, take a look at our getting
>> started
>> 
>>  guide.
>> We're looking forward to your contributions!
>>
>>
>> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
>> 
>>  the
>> app directly.
>>
>> --
>> Dmitry Brant
>> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>>
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